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Today's Stocks Driving Success For The Real Estate Industry

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Two out of the three major indices are trading up today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) trading up 78 points (0.5%) at 16,105 as of Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, 11:55 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,755 issues advancing vs. 1,149 declining with 181 unchanged.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

3.
CommonWealth REIT (
CWH) is one of the companies pushing the Real Estate industry higher today. As of noon trading, CommonWealth REIT is up $0.50 (1.9%) to $27.50 on light volume. Thus far, 345,712 shares of CommonWealth REIT exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $26.72-$27.57 after having opened the day at $27.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.00.

CommonWealth REIT is a real estate investment trust launched and managed by Reit Management & Research LLC. The fund invests in the real estate markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in office buildings, industrial buildings, and leased industrial land. CommonWealth REIT has a market cap of $3.2 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 15.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are no analysts who rate CommonWealth REIT a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates
CommonWealth REIT as a
hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, poor profit margins and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. Get the full
CommonWealth REIT Ratings Report now.